Antique Japanese Ukiyoe Woodblock Print
This is a Japanese woodblock print Ukiyoe by Ikuhide Kobayashi. The kanji inscription says "Seichu Gishiden"（誠忠義士傳). Collection of Utagawa Kuniyoshi's Works, a Prominent Ukiyo-e Artist of the Late Edo Period． Ukiyoe is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers, scenes from history and folk tales, travel scenes and landscapes, flora and fauna, and erotica.
- Title: Seichu Gishiden
- Woodblock print (Hanga), ink print
- Paper
- Item weight: 4 grams
- Packed weight: 204 grams
- 1864
- Approx. 36 cm long x 25 cm wide
- Good condition. Some rips. considering its age. Wear and tear due to age. Please see the photos.
- This piece was purchased at the famous Osu Antique Market in Nagoya
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